Television Broadcasting Services Eugene, Oregon
| Citation | 86 FR 22126 |
| Record Number | 2021-08739 |
| Published date | 27 April 2021 |
| Court | Federal Communications Commission |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 79 (Tuesday, April 27, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 27, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 22126-22127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08739]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 21-151; RM-11898; DA 21-423; FR ID 22592]
Television Broadcasting Services Eugene, Oregon
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Sinclair
Eugene Licensee, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of KVAL-TV (CBS),
channel 13, Eugene, Oregon. The Petitioner requests the substitution of
channel 28 for channel 13 at Eugene, Oregon in the DTV Table of
Allotments.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before May 27, 2021 and reply
comments on or before June 11, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by MB Docket No. 21-151,
by any of the following methods:
Federal Communications Commission's website: http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
People with Disabilities: Contact the FCC to request
reasonable accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language
interpreters, CART, etc.) by email: [email protected] or phone: 202-418-
0530 or TTY: 202-418-0432.
In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties
should serve counsel for the Petitioner as follows: Paul A. Cicelski,
Esq., Lerman Senter, PLLC, 2001 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Manley, Media Bureau, at (202)
418-0596; or Andrew Manley, Media Bureau, at Andrew [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, in MB Docket No. 21-151; RM-11898; DA
21-423, adopted and released on April 14, 2021.
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The full text of this document is available for download at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-423A1.pdf. To request materials
in accessible formats (braille, large print, computer diskettes, or
audio recordings), please send an email to [email protected] or call the
Consumer & Government Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (VOICE), (202)
418-0432 (TTY).
In support of its channel substitution request, the Petitioner
states that the reception of VHF signals require larger antennas
relative to UHF channels, that studies suggest a large variability in
indoor antennas, with most receiving fairly well at UHF and the
substantial majority not so well to very poor for high-VHF channels.
Petitioner further states that KVAL has received numerous complaints
from viewers unable to receive that Station's over-the-air signal,
despite being able to receive signals from other stations. In its
Amended Engineering Exhibit, the Petitioner demonstrated that while the
noise limited contour of the proposed channel 28 facility does not
completely encompass the licensed channel 13 contour, there are three
other CBS affiliated stations that, together, overlap all areas where
the channel 28 noise limited contour does not extend beyond the channel
13 noise limited contour, except in one small geographic area with no
population. Accordingly, there would be no loss of CBS network service.
This document does not contain information collection requirements
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. In
addition, therefore, it does not contain any proposed information
collection burden ``for small business concerns with fewer than 25
employees,'' pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of
2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4). Provisions of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, 5 U.S.C. 601-612, do not apply to
this proceeding.
Members of the public should note that all ex parte contacts are
prohibited from the time a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is issued to
the time the matter is no longer subject to Commission consideration or
court review, see 47 CFR 1.1208. There are, however, exceptions to this
prohibition, which can be found in Sec. 1.1204(a) of the Commission's
rules, 47 CFR 1.1204(a).
See Sec. Sec. 1.415 and 1.420 of the Commission's rules for
information regarding the proper filing procedures for comments, 47 CFR
1.415 and 1.420.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Television.
Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan,
Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.
Proposed Rule
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR part 73 as follows:
PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICE
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1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 307, 309, 310, 334,
336, and 339.
Sec. 73.622 Digital television table of allotments.
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2. In Sec. 73.622 in paragraph (i), amend the Post-Transition Table of
DTV Allotments under Oregon by revising the entry for Eugene to read as
follows:
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(i) * * *
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Community Channel No.
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Oregon
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Eugene.............................. 9, 17, 28, * 29, 31
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[FR Doc. 2021-08739 Filed 4-26-21; 8:45 am]
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